Wednesday Webs 8-31-11

“Minds are like parachutes—they only function when open.”—Thomas Dewar

“Creativity is like a muscle. You have to exercise it to develop it,
and you have to flex it to maintain it.”
—Common Knowledge

I agree with both of the above. That’s why I’m curious how creatives stretch their thinking? How do they stay motivated and inspired?

Some establish a daily regiment that evolves into highly acclaimed art forms, as did Jessica Hische with her Daily Drop Cap. Others quietly step away from their normal working medium and pick up another, like, say, photography.

I’m interested in the quiet photography. I’d like to improve my skills so I’ve been contemplating a 365 Photo Challenge for 2012. Not only is this an opportunity for practice, but also an exercise in discipline—something many creatives are often lacking (especially me).

Here are some interesting links on Photo Challenges:

Photojojo: I remember reading this years ago when 365 Challenges first became popular. I thought people’s projects were fascinating then. Still do now.

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You are tempting me, Di. Let me check out your photography websites and see how creative and inspired I get. We bought one of those fancy-schmancy cameras last year for ourselves for Christmas thinking of all the places we go to that we could use it. Here it is September and I’ve hardly even used it. The little ‘dash cam’ I keep at my fingertips is so much more handy for my needs but I still want to learn how to use the other, more complicated one.

Oh, Rhonda, that would be so cool! If you don’t find a theme that interests you, we can come up with our own. We could start a FB group as well. If I remember, isn’t Jon S. from our class a photographer? Maybe we can get him to join.